Definition of Atony

1. Noun. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus.

Exact synonyms: Amyotonia, Atonia, Atonicity
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Derivative terms: Atonic, Atonic, Atonic
Antonyms: Tonicity

Definition of Atony

1. n. Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

Definition of Atony

1. Noun. Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Atony

1. muscular weakness [n -NIES]

Medical Definition of Atony

1. A lack of normal tone or strength. Origin: L. Atonia, Gr. Tonos = tension (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atony

atonias
atonic
atonic bladder
atonic dyspepsia
atonic ectropion
atonic entropion
atonic seizure
atonic ulcer
atonically
atonicities
atonicity
atonics
atonies
atoning
atoningly
atony (current term)
atop
atopen
atopic
atopic allergy
atopic asthma
atopic cataract
atopic dermatitis
atopic eczema
atopic keratoconjunctivitis
atopic reagin
atopical
atopies
atopognosia
atopognosis

Literary usage of Atony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Effect on Gastric Position The relation of atony to the size and position of the stomach ... Since atony tends to be associated with a weak gastric muscle, ..."

2. Diseases of the stomach, intestines, and pancreas by Robert Coleman Kemp (1917)
"With simple atony, the stomach is of normal size, but motor insufficiency exists. When the organ is enlarged, we speak of ectasy or dilatation, ..."

3. Manual of Political Ethics: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"This state of things may be called, borrowing a term from the healing art, atony, the necessary forerunner of a change of government either directly or by ..."

4. Manual of Political Ethics, Designed Chiefly for the Use of Colleges and by Francis Lieber, Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1876)
"This state of things may be called, borrowing a term from the healing art, atony, the necessary forerunner of a change of government either directly or by ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Effect on Gastric Position The relation of atony to the size and position of the stomach ... Since atony tends to be associated with a weak gastric muscle, ..."

6. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1919)
"Persons suffering from atony of the stomach should eat small quantities of food at frequent intervals. Since water is not absorbed in the stomach to any ..."

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